Jack McMillan (swimmer)
 McMillan at the 2024 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Irish, British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 January 2000 Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | University of Stirling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack McMillan (born 14 January 2000) is a swimmer from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who competed for Ireland in the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics[1][2] and in the same event for Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. McMillan won gold in the latter event as a heat swimmer.[3][4] In 2025 he won his first major international individual title, taking gold in the 400 metre freestyle at the 2025 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Lublin.
Biography
[edit]McMillan swam in the heats of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay and although he was swapped out of the final for Duncan Scott, McMillan was awarded a gold medal as a heat swimmer when the British team won the final.[5] In doing so he became only the second Northern Irish swimmer ever to win an Olympic gold medal in 128 years; the first had been his friend and former Team Ireland teammate Daniel Wiffen, in the same pool some 20 minutes earlier in the 800 metres freestyle.
In 2025, McMillan finished third behind James Guy in the 400 metres freestyle title at the 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships and earned selection for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.[6] Subsequently at the World Championships, he won the gold medal as part of the 4×200 metres freestyle team, alongside Matt Richards, James Guy, and Duncan Scott.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jack McMillan". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ↑ "Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: Results Summary" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ↑ "Jack McMillan". Team GB. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ↑ "Paris Olympics 2024: Team GB name swimming squad for Games". BBC Sport. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ↑ Matthew Henry (30 July 2024). "GB retain relay title to win first swimming gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ↑ "British Swimming Championships 2025: James Guy wins 400m freestyle title with gutsy swim". Olympics.com. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ↑ "GB win freestyle relay for first 2025 Worlds gold". BBC Sport. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
External links
[edit]- Jack McMillan at British Swimming
- Jack McMillan at World Aquatics
- Jack McMillan at SwimRankings.net
- Jack McMillan at Olympics.com
- Jack McMillan at Team Ireland
- Jack McMillan at Olympedia
- Jack McMillan at InterSportStats
- Jack McMillan at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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